               (is (-> failed-cmdref :attempts first :exception
                       pg-serialization-failure-ex?)))
 
-            (is (true? @first-message?))
-            (is (true? @second-message?))))))))
+            (is (true? @first-message?))))))))
 
 (let [cases [{:certname "foo.example.com"
               :command {:command (command-names :deactivate-node)

                        (.countDown latch)
                        (apply orig-replace-existing-catalog args))]
          (let [first-message? (atom false)
                second-message? (atom false)
                fut (future
                      (handle-message (store-command' q command))
                      (reset! first-message? true))

                                 :payload new-wire-catalog}]

            (handle-message (store-command' q new-catalog-cmd))

            @fut

